Like A Cat, New Robot Lands On Its Feet

eckenheimer writes "Students at the Physics Department at Drury University have developed a robot that uses motions and contortions of its body to orient itself in zero gravity. According to the project site, 'If you've ever seen a cat land on its feet after falling while upside down then you've seen the idea behind our project.' The effort is a proposal for the NASA Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program."

Comments

And now for something completely relevant

[MECC]

When do they come out with a robot emulating some really interesting and usefull real-life function, like being in heat?

That's nice

[Neil Blender]

But does it have the strength of 5 gorillas?

Re:OT: Great Sig!

[Rei]

I love obscure sigs that go right over the heads of 95% of the people who read them ;) I still need to finish the rest of the series - I've only watched through the Black Rose saga.

I've actually been pondering on how to produce such rings at home... my ideas thusfar are revolving around this.